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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, October 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights of leading Nigerian media outlets on Saturday.

-- The UN has negotiated the release of nearly 900 children detained by Nigeria's army and security forces after they retook land from Boko Haram militants, a senior official said.

The 876 children had been held in the barracks in Maiduguri, UNICEF Regional Director for Western and Central Africa, Manuel Fontaine, said after visiting the northeastern city. (Vanguard)

-- The military has issued a stern warning to Niger Delta militants to embrace the Federal Government peace initiative or face the full wrath of the law.

Chief of Air Staff Sadique Abubakar issued this warning three days after the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) destroyed Chevron Escravos export pipeline at Escravos offshore. (The Guardian)

-- Indications emerged on Friday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was intensifying moves to gather evidence against the former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, for a possible prosecution.

A top operative of the commission said that the leadership of the commission had initiated a discreet probe of the former First Lady in a bid to assemble evidence against her in the event of her prosecution as a fallout of the commission's decision to freeze 20 million U.S. dollars traced to her. (The Punch) Endit